Chris Lowe
Associate Chief Information Officer (Acting)
Agriculture Security Operations Center (ASOC) program

Christopher Lowe was appointed the acting Associate CIO for USDA's Agriculture Security Operations Center (ASOC) program in March of 2009.   He provides executive leadership in security operations, architecture, and risk management, and is responsible for securing USDA networks and systems by collecting, analyzing, integrating and sharing information among the USDA component services. Mr. Lowe  will coordinate cyber-security situational awareness, resources, and reporting for USDA organizations and personnel in order to protect USDA programs, information and assets.
 
Prior to his appointment, he was the Senior Agency Information Security Officer and the Associate CIO for Infrastructure and Operations at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).   He joined FSIS in 2005, before which he spent eighteen years in international federal IT consulting, most recently as a security engineer with Booz Allen Hamilton.
 
Mr. Lowe received a B.A. in International Studies from Wheeling Jesuit University.  He also holds current professional credentials in both information security (Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)) and as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

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